HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5268
נִסְרֹךְ
nis.rokh — Nisroch
§ Nisroch = "the great eagle" an idol of Nineveh worshipped by Sennacherib; symbolised by the eagle-headed human figure
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Nisroch
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Probably connected with the Hebrew word nesher, an eagle. An Assyrian god, supposed to be that represented with the head of an eagle. Sennacherib was killed in the temple of this idol (2 Kings 19:37; Isa. 37:38).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.